best returning mega cap stock of all-time

McDonald’s (MCD) has had the highest return by a mega-cap US stock, returning 7,077,341.9%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
7/5/1966 - 9/24/2025
7,077,341.86%
Home Depot (HD)
9/22/1981 - 9/24/2025
2,439,007.14%
Microsoft (MSFT)
3/13/1986 - 9/24/2025
942,875.97%
Walmart (WMT)
8/25/1972 - 9/24/2025
901,040.35%
Oracle (ORCL)
3/12/1986 - 9/24/2025
607,104.72%
NVIDIA (NVDA)
1/22/1999 - 9/24/2025
441,221.7%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
10/17/1984 - 9/24/2025
314,016.07%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
3/17/1980 - 9/24/2025
256,658.62%
Apple (AAPL)
12/12/1980 - 9/24/2025
256,052.28%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1/2/1962 - 9/24/2025
188,873.26%
Walt Disney (DIS)
1/2/1962 - 9/24/2025
186,462.5%
Amazon (AMZN)
5/15/1997 - 9/24/2025
180,548.07%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
4/2/1962 - 9/24/2025
141,710.19%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
2/16/1990 - 9/24/2025
132,943.48%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1/2/1962 - 9/24/2025
121,826.61%
Netflix (NFLX)
5/23/2002 - 9/24/2025
104,011.9%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
6/1/1972 - 9/24/2025
83,085.69%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
3/17/1980 - 9/24/2025
74,866.41%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
4/30/1981 - 9/24/2025
67,572.81%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
6/1/1972 - 9/24/2025
60,454.36%
ASML Holding NV ADR (ASML)
3/15/1995 - 9/24/2025
53,345.08%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1/2/1962 - 9/24/2025
50,286.78%
Chevron (CVX)
1/2/1962 - 9/24/2025
41,418%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1/2/1962 - 9/24/2025
39,304.28%
Tesla (TSLA)
6/29/2010 - 9/24/2025
34,856.19%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.